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Sky · Post by **Sky** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 3:55 pm

Saw this flick last night...would recommend.

Here is a great review of the movie and while it makes it sound like a "blow you away movie", I think that description might be a little much.

Tom In VA · Post by **Tom In VA** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 4:11 pm

I was wondering if this was a "Wait until DVD'r" or not.

Are the effects and what not superior enough to warrant a $40 committment to the movies ?

$12 for me, $12 for the wife. Refreshements etc.. etc..

Cicero · Post by **Cicero** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 4:16 pm

$12? It's no more than $10 here. I still use my College ID so I get in for $7.50. You dont have to buy refreshments you know?

I heard it was good too. Probably going to try and catch it this weekend.

Sky · Post by **Sky** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 4:18 pm

Well I hate to say a movie is great, build up expectations, and then have someone disappointed. More specefically I hate when that happens to me so I try not to do it to others. I would say it is worth seeing in the theatre unless you have a wide-screen and surround sound at home.

Additionally, I usually go online through fandango, movietickets, moviephone, etc. and buy the senior/child tickets and use the print at home option. The ticket takers never look to see what category is listed on the ticket (usually small print anyway) so it only cost me $7.50 w/ the service charge.

Tom In VA · Post by **Tom In VA** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 4:19 pm

Force of habit Cicero, I used to chew tobacco (I'm almost up to a year of no Kodiak) so I'd need to buy a soda for myself ... and the wife .... who could blame her for not wanting to share a soda after I had Kodiak in my mouth.

Anyway, the drill was two sodas, a bag of popcorn to share, and a complimentary "water" cup.

Thanks Sky, appreciate your hesitation to say "You have to go ..." but I'm a big boy and won't MF you if I don't like it. Either way, looks like this weekend or next I'm bound for 300.

Ken · Post by **Ken** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 4:22 pm

Cicero wrote:$12? It's no more than $10 here. I still use my College ID so I get in for $7.50.

Actually, your cut rate is part of a 'quota/equal opportunity' program of sorts; They want all factions of the citizenship to have equal opp to see a movie... faggots get a discount.

Douchebag · Post by **Douchebag** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 4:28 pm

Tom In VA wrote:Force of habit Cicero, I used to chew tobacco (I'm almost up to a year of no Kodiak) so I'd need to buy a soda for myself ... and the wife .... who could blame her for not wanting to share a soda after I had Kodiak in my mouth.

Anyway, the drill was two sodas, a bag of popcorn to share, and a complimentary "water" cup.

Thanks Sky, appreciate your hesitation to say "You have to go ..." but I'm a big boy and won't MF you if I don't like it. Either way, looks like this weekend or next I'm bound for 300.

it's only the fat fucking dickwads that can't go 2 hours without stuffing somethign down their fat faces who complain about movie costs. fuck you. if you're so concerned abotu the cost of "refreshments" then go the gas station and buy a fucking bottle of coke for a dollar and hide it underneath your wife's gunt, you worthless cunt. God i want to beat the piss out of you.

Tom In VA · Post by **Tom In VA** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 4:30 pm

Douchebag wrote:
Tom In VA wrote:Force of habit Cicero, I used to chew tobacco (I'm almost up to a year of no Kodiak) so I'd need to buy a soda for myself ... and the wife .... who could blame her for not wanting to share a soda after I had Kodiak in my mouth.

Anyway, the drill was two sodas, a bag of popcorn to share, and a complimentary "water" cup.

Thanks Sky, appreciate your hesitation to say "You have to go ..." but I'm a big boy and won't MF you if I don't like it. Either way, looks like this weekend or next I'm bound for 300.
it's only the fat fucking dickwads that can't go 2 hours without stuffing somethign down their fat faces who complain about movie costs. fuck you. if you're so concerned abotu the cost of "refreshments" then go the gas station and buy a fucking bottle of coke for a dollar and hide it underneath your wife's gunt, you worthless cunt. God i want to beat the piss out of you.

You're all talk man, you bypassed D.C. in your little tour. Scared ?

Sky · Post by **Sky** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 4:35 pm

Douchebag wrote:
Tom In VA wrote:Force of habit Cicero, I used to chew tobacco (I'm almost up to a year of no Kodiak) so I'd need to buy a soda for myself ... and the wife .... who could blame her for not wanting to share a soda after I had Kodiak in my mouth.

Anyway, the drill was two sodas, a bag of popcorn to share, and a complimentary "water" cup.

Thanks Sky, appreciate your hesitation to say "You have to go ..." but I'm a big boy and won't MF you if I don't like it. Either way, looks like this weekend or next I'm bound for 300.
it's only the fat fucking dickwads that can't go 2 hours without stuffing somethign down their fat faces who complain about movie costs. fuck you. if you're so concerned abotu the cost of "refreshments" then go the gas station and buy a fucking bottle of coke for a dollar and hide it underneath your wife's gunt, you worthless cunt. God i want to beat the piss out of you.

Oh wow, that was hilarious.

Bizzarofelice · Post by **Bizzarofelice** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 4:39 pm

Tom In VA wrote:Refreshements etc.. etc..

So $24 for tickets and $4.39 refreshments... what else?

Tom In VA · Post by **Tom In VA** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 4:46 pm

Drinks run @$3-4.00 so two would be around $8. Now I'm up to $32.00

So I rounded up a bit.

velocet · Post by **velocet** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 7:32 pm

The previews make it look mythologized. No beef with that, artistic license and all. Just kinda weird since "Troy" was de-god-ed, so to speak and rendered more down to earth and like a historical movie. Did the siege of Troy really happen? Sure, probably something like, but who knows what's the deal with any of the Homeric details. Thermopylae really did happen. I doubt some of those CGI monsters in the preview were really there.

DVD? Sure, I'm there.

velocet

Mikey · Post by **Mikey** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 7:43 pm

I think I'll go see Zodiac.

OCmike · Post by **OCmike** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 7:51 pm

Mikey wrote:I think I'll go see Zodiac.

How good can a story be when they've never been able to catch the killer? What are they going to do at the end, profile all of the 27 or whatever people who were suspects? Great suck potential here, no matter how the story is told...unless they just take extreme artistic license and just make up a bullshit ending where they catch the guy.

BBMarley · Post by **BBMarley** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 12:45 am

Sky wrote: Additionally, I usually go online through fandango, movietickets, moviephone, etc. and buy the senior/child tickets and use the print at home option. The ticket takers never look to see what category is listed on the ticket (usually small print anyway) so it only cost me $7.50 w/ the service charge.

That is MONEY! Taking my old man to see it this weekend. Think I'll have to try that

KC Scott · Post by **KC Scott** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 1:35 am

Sky wrote:Saw this flick last night...would recommend.

Here is a great review of the movie and while it makes it sound like a "blow you away movie", I think that description might be a little much.

Bwa!

The review in the KC Star said about 300: "one of the gayest mainstream movies ever made"

http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascit ... 861505.htm

Mikey · Post by **Mikey** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 1:57 am

OCmike wrote:
Mikey wrote:I think I'll go see Zodiac.
How good can a story be when they've never been able to catch the killer? What are they going to do at the end, profile all of the 27 or whatever people who were suspects? Great suck potential here, no matter how the story is told...unless they just take extreme artistic license and just make up a bullshit ending where they catch the guy.

So what you're saying is that you've got to have a happy ending or the whole thing sucks and the other two hours are meaningless, right? The story is everything. Not even the story, but the end of the story. You must not have much appreciation for the process and all the other stuff that goes into making a film, I guess.

Why do you even bother with the rest? You could save a lot of time by just watching the last 10 minutes.

They never caught DB Cooper either you know, but that's a pretty good story.

The Whistle Is Screaming · Sat Mar 10, 2007 6:03 am

I just came back from seeing it. If you are into that kind of movie, then go see it. I was entertained, purpose served, $18 well spent ($8 tickets, $4 twizzlers, $6 (including tip) pint of Arrogant Bastard before we went). Luckily I don't rely on a motion picture as a source of history.

stuckinia · Post by **stuckinia** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 6:33 am

The Whistle Is Screaming wrote:Luckily I don't rely on a motion picture as a source of history.

I am just using your quote as reference TWIS, but the movie is adapted from a comic series by Frank Miller (Sin City). It is in no way intended to impart any knowledge of history, but is simply using a historical event as a backdrop to its fantasy. It is just a movie.

The Whistle Is Screaming · Sat Mar 10, 2007 1:27 pm

Stuck,
It was directed more at the "it doesn't follow the historical event accurately" crowd. I read about "where" it came from when I saw a preview and thought it looked interesting. I guess my point was that I went to be entertained, not for a history lesson, some people have a hard time separating the two.

Ana Ng · Post by **Ana Ng** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 8:19 pm

Went and saw this flick yesterday....thought it was a good sit.

Clearly, the theatre was full.....and I was one of maybe, 6 women in the whole joint. Lucky for me, I was able to sit in front of one of the other "elite .03 percent" that felt she actually had to play "consult" to Leonidas throughout the entire film. After the movie, I wondered if she went home thinking, "had he taken my advice, they would've actually came outta that whole thing ALIVE"!

Anyhow, I enjoyed the creatures in the film......the pimped out rhino, the gargantuan elephants, Edward lobster- hands, and the 9ft. Xerxes.....to name a few. Obviously an exaggerated element taken from story-tellers, but only adding to the enjoyment of the film. I also enjoyed the the fact that the Spartan warriors spent most of the movie in nothing more than a leather diaper, and a cape. (hides)

Debinitly a "theatre" flick.

Adelpiero · Post by **Adelpiero** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 8:35 pm

what's 300?

sin,

Earl"poptart"Anthony

OCmike · Post by **OCmike** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 8:35 pm

Mikey wrote: So what you're saying is that you've got to have a happy ending or the whole thing sucks and the other two hours are meaningless, right? The story is everything. Not even the story, but the end of the story. You must not have much appreciation for the process and all the other stuff that goes into making a film, I guess.

Why do you even bother with the rest? You could save a lot of time by just watching the last 10 minutes.

They never caught DB Cooper either you know, but that's a pretty good story.

I absolutely appreciate the process of good storytelling. When I first posted with you fu*ckers, I was in college learning to be a screenwriter.

To me, a good story has an attention-grabbing beginning, a solid middle and a conclusion that brings it all together. This story only has the first two elements.

Sure, you can still tell that story, but how do you end it? Do you just scroll, "...and he was never caught..." across the screen before the credits?

Mississippi Neck · Post by **Mississippi Neck** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 9:00 pm

It’s called 300. I don’t know what the title has to do with the movie, ......
..............................

It’s about these 300 Greek dudes

Who is stupid enough to write this in their review??

patsy stone · Post by **patsy stone** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 1:50 am

Just got back from the theater. They need to market this movie more towards WOMEN. Screw all the love stories and mushy-gushy girlie flicks. Two hours of watching these men was plenty for me. Wow.

EDIT: And people brought their little kids to this movie. Appalling. :x

War Wagon · Post by **War Wagon** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 3:27 am

300?

I just shot that tonite. My first and probably last.

Screw_Michigan · Post by **Screw_Michigan** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 3:37 am

War Wagon wrote:300?

I just shot that tonite. My first and probably last.

RACK you. that's a hell of an accomplishment.

Mister Bushice · Post by **Mister Bushice** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 3:41 am

Easy, S_M. Whitey probably just has a rat problem.

Tiny · Post by **Tiny** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 5:16 am

Wags,

I assume you mean bowling (shot a 300...).
If so, congrats, that's a tough one to finish off.

I used to bowl in a league on Monday nights, and I shot a 299 once (Fucking 8 pin)....by the 8th frame, pretty much the whole league was backing off the approach when I went to take my turn; it was nerve racking as hell (with the 200+ people just standing around watching me up close and personal like that), but cool none-the-less. Sad part was, I was so drained from the flirt with 300 in the second game, that I barely shot 150 in the 3rd. blew the hell out of my series for the night.

My wife tells me I need to embrace my "inner-neck" and take up bowling/softball/golf more, but I don't know. Golf is good, softball I really enjoy; but the bowling league season is so damn long.....

War Wagon · Post by **War Wagon** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 4:43 pm

Woke up this morning still hardly believing that I'd finally done it. I've been bowling for many a year and just didn't think that it'd ever happen. I'd always get close, only to choke it away once I started thinking about it too much. By the 10th frame, just about everybody else in the league had come down behind lane 13 to watch. Lucky lane 13. I said to myself, "if not now, when? You can do this". I was surprisingly calm and buried the 1st ball, a no doubter, 10 pins in the pit. The 11th frame my knees started shaking as I couldn't believe the opportunity right in front of me. I pulled it slightly left and that sucker went brooklyn and carried. I'm like, "you just got away with that one, this is meant to be". 12th frame, a high, hard shot to the pocket that just barely stayed down enough to trip out the 4 pin. whew!

I don't think it's going to really sink in until they hand me this:

BSmack · Post by **BSmack** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 5:26 pm

Hard to believe that the pinnacle of athletic achievement on this board is a 300 game.

Well maybe not.

Congrats Wags.

Jay in Phoenix · Post by **Jay in Phoenix** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 9:50 pm

OCmike wrote:I absolutely appreciate the process of good storytelling. When I first posted with you fu*ckers, I was in college learning to be a screenwriter.

To me, a good story has an attention-grabbing beginning, a solid middle and a conclusion that brings it all together. This story only has the first two elements.

Sure, you can still tell that story, but how do you end it? Do you just scroll, "...and he was never caught..." across the screen before the credits?

Mike, I caught "Zodiac" a couple of weeks ago. (Forgot about this thread until now.) If you're passing on the movie due to the knowledge of the end of the story, then you're making a mistake. This was a riveting film. David Fincher ("Se7en" and "Fight Club") knows how to lens a movie. He captured the look and feel of the era perfectly. The casting was tight and the guy playing the Zodiac killer is perfectly creepy. Knowing the outcome, or at least for the most part isn't what the movie was about. Breaking down the hunt for Zodiac was, as well as the pychological breakdown of most of the characters affected by this event.

Though Hollywoodized, the films' finale and coda before the credits roll nicely wraps up the loose ends.

Definately worth a look.

Mister Bushice · Post by **Mister Bushice** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 10:48 pm

BSmack wrote:Hard to believe that the pinnacle of athletic achievement on this board is a 300 game.

I would have guessed food and alcohol intake.

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Mon Mar 26, 2007 10:54 pm

BSmack wrote:Hard to believe that the pinnacle of athletic achievement on this board is a 300 game.

It's not. I heard IB once biked 800 consecutive miles on her Huffy in search of Van.

Carson · Post by **Carson** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 10:57 pm

WW: The lane oil was probably out of spec because a drunken mechanic screwed up the applicator machine.

Sucks to be you, but congrats anyway.

Mister Bushice · Post by **Mister Bushice** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 11:05 pm

yep. If I hit .300 it'd better be behind the wheel or with a bat. Otherwise I'm shutting up.

sayin'

War Wagon · Post by **War Wagon** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 11:18 pm

Carson wrote:WW: The lane oil was probably out of spec because a drunken mechanic screwed up the applicator machine.

I owe him a beer or 12, then.

Actually, my team was bowling against 2 of the best bowlers in the league. One averages about 215 and the other 220. One of them had just shot an 814 series the previous week on the next pair over. They both struggled last night with their $200 bowling shoes and their latest in technology reactive resin balls or whatever they're using nowadays. Me, I'm out there heaving my trusty 15 year old urethane Blue Hammer that's been obsoleted for 10 years. If the lane oil was so wrong, I'm thinking they would have shot the lights out, too.

No, it was just my night and I was in zone. Bowling against these fucks made me raise my game. There'll be no problem with having this game sanctioned. It was the first one shot all year in this league.

LTS TRN 2 · Post by **LTS TRN 2** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 11:19 pm

Never rolled a 300 game, but I did see a two-hour pornographic Marine Corps ad...oh, that was the movie "300"? Oh, well maybe that explains why I'd like to kill some PERSIANS right about now. Hey, that's a good idea--Let's Invade Persia!!

War Wagon · Post by **War Wagon** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 11:37 pm

MgoBlue-LightSpecial wrote:
BSmack wrote:Hard to believe that the pinnacle of athletic achievement on this board is a 300 game.
It's not. I heard IB once biked 800 consecutive miles on her Huffy in search of Van.

I laffed.

Actually, I wouldn't say bowling a 300 is an athletic achievement, being as how I shot it the 2nd game of the series after we working on our 4th or 5th pitcher by then. But an achievement it was nonetheless. For a bowler, it's the equivalent of a MLB pitcher tossing a no hitter. They just don't happen that often.

For the pinnacle of athleticism on this board, I'll refer you to Dins flying 360's in yo' face slam dunks he routinely throws down in the local YMCA rec league.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 11:45 pm

War Wagon wrote:They just don't happen that often.

My old buddy Bowling Dave had logged his 24th 300 before his 24th birthday. Then, he went and knocked Norm Duke out of the Masters(on his way to a disappointing 8th place finish).

DO NOT step to the U&L when it comes to bowling.

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